Organisational Theory and Practice

Organisational Theory and Practice
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
A) Management style and function management used by CEO of retail organization...............3
B) Role of CEO and steps taken by the company’s CEO during the implementation of change
within company............................................................................................................................4
C) Leadership style of the CEO that makes organization more effective. ..................................5
D) Effect of Power culture and influence...............................................................6
E) Various motivations used by the organization........................................................................7
F) Literature review ....................................................................................................................9
G) Recommendation and suggestion for improvement...............................................................9
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCESS............................................................................................................................11
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INTRODUCTION
Organizational Practices are the behaviours and actions of employees. These
management practices are useful for the company to take competitive advantages within the
industry, and they can grow their business effectively.
This report will cover case study of Sainsbury which is a British multinational company
having huge reputation in all around the world. This company has around 16 percent of the
shares in the United Kingdom. market and selling varieties of products including Online
Grocery, general merchandise orations etc. It will examine the management style and functional
management used by the CEO of the Sainsbury company and it will step takes by the CEO of the
Sainsbury during the change management at their workplace. This report will describe influence
of the conflict, power and influence for the workplace of the company. In the end of this report
will discuss motivational strategies used by companies’ leaders, including the suggestions and
recommendations.
MAIN BODY
A) Management style and function management used by CEO of retail organization
Management style:
The management style means the process which is been used by leaders for managing their team
members or employees.
Functions of management: There are various functions of management that is planning,
organising, coordinating, staffing, supervising. These functions can help and assist in gaining
competitive advantage.
Management style used by CEO
Sainsbury is one of the top leading retail company and behind the success of the company
leaders played most significant role (James, Crawford and Oplatka., 2018). Simon Roberts who
is a British businessman and Chief executive officer of the Sainsbury since 2020, was also a
former managing director of the Boots UK (Anderson and Ronteau., 2017). Simon is an
optimistic leader which makes other to follow their instruction that makes him different from
others. it is necessary for every leader to have these qualities, so they can help their company to
achieve success within the business. Recently he has been appointed as a CEO of the Sainsbury
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but still he has created the positive and real energy within the employees who are working at the
workplace of Sainsbury.
Situational Leadership Style
Simon adopts the Situational Leadership Style in which leaders change their leadership as
per the situation at the workplace of the company. Simon changes the leadership accordingly and
it makes easy for the company to overcome from the various situations like conflicts, change
management etc (Marume and Chikasha., 2016). The UK market clearly isn’t the easiest,” says
Andrew Porteous, European retail analyst at HSBC. “It was a tough Christmas and a tough
second half to last year, so he is coming into an environment where he has to take a lot of cost
out just to stand still from a profit perspective (Baum, and et.al., 2020). The Simon's role within
the Sainsbury is to see all the management of the company and help company to achieve their
goals and objectives and most importantly, leading the organization toward the success so they
can show their presence and take competitive advantages.
Simon always looks for the employee’s problems because he believes that employee’s
motivation is important for the company, so he always looks to provide training to the
employees, so they can be more effective at their work and help company to take competitive
advantages within the market where they are operating their business (Veldsman and Veldsman.,
2020). A leading ability of Simon can be useful for the recent economic crises due to the
COVID-19. Simon has ability to lead the organization during the worst situation and his
leadership style can help this company to overcome from the impact of COVID, and they take
competitive advantages within the market.
B) Role of CEO and steps taken by the company’s CEO during the implementation of
change within company.
Simon Robert was recent appointed as the CEO of Sainsbury's and in just few months he
has taken some huge steps for the company. recently Simon has implemented some changes
within their organizational structure to improve performance of the organization (Bunnell, Fertig
and James., 2016). One if them is implementation of new technology at the workplace to
enhance productivity and increase profitability of the company. It is beneficial for the customers
because, it helping them to add value for the customers. The new teleology mostly effects on the
company’s operational performance and increase their product that is ensuring them to
availability of products in the future during the increase of product demand.
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